Smooth Hassan Belur road
First break for photography
Zindagi se jyada photography se pyaar isko kehte hain :D
Is he missing something? Not satisfied with what he clicked I guess
Smoking photographer - Vasanth
Wow!! More of these roads please!!
And more of these curves as well!!
Vasanth posing
Channa kesava temple in the evening time
Channa Kesava temple
Back side of Channa Kesave temple
Gods in the back side of the temple!
Lord Narsimha
Crosses in the temple walls?
Footprints without feet ;)
Thats putting some effort in clicking!
Chenna kesava temple
Chenna Kesava temple, Belur
Chenna kesava temple, Belur
A firang couple in Chenna Kesava temple
Chenna kesava temple. Dunno whether the upper left pose is a fight pose or a KamaSutra pose
Is that a fight or a love scene?
Heavens above
Chenna Kesava temple. Lesser KamaSutra & more of religion and wars depicted here
Some Vermillion colors against a B&W background
Not even an inch in the temples is left without any carvings
This orange object here is a light. This creates a good contrast here, though I personally do not want all the present day things to ruin the glory of the past
Corners and the modern lights!
Chenna Kesave temple, Belur
Footprints in Chenna Kesava temple, Belur
Elephants carvings in Chenna Kesava temple, Belur
Inside Chenna Kesava temple, Belur
Temple door - Chenna Kesava temple, Belur
Vasanth clicking every nook and corner of Chenna Kesava temple, Belur
Point & shoot
Poser Kartik!
Aah! low shutter speed blurr
A smiling Kartik and an amuzed Dheeloo bhai
Dheelu in serious photographer mood.. Kartik enjoying
All for the love of clicking
Trying all angles!
Ugadi morning: Solar eclipse @ 6.45 AM. Taken in Belur Chikamangalur road
Photo stop
Solar eclipse on Ugadi morning @ 6.47 AM
Solar eclipse
The sun still shines ;)
A foggy morning
Fog - a mixture of B&W and color photography
My bull MetalBuck in the foggy roads!
Close up
Hale Bidu - Hoyasaleshwara temple
Hoyasaleshwara temple, Hale Bidu - Ugadi morning
Hoyasaleshwara temple, Hale Bidu - Front entrance
Kartik @ Hoyasaleshwara temple, Hale Bidu
Lord Gomateshwara's feet @ Hoyasaleshwara temple, Hale Bidu
Lord Gomateshwara's left foot @ Hoyasaleshwara temple, Hale Bidu
Lord Gomateshwara @ Hoyasaleshwara temple, Hale Bidu
Hoyasaleshwara temple, Hale Bidu
KamaSutra - Thats what is abundant in Hoyasaleshwara temple carvings, Hale Bidu
Carings in Hoyasaleshwara temple, Hale Bidu
Some mixture of KamaSutra and warrior poses in Hoyasaleshwara temple, Hale Bidu
Warriors @ Hoyasaleshwara temple, Hale Bidu
KamaSutra poses!
KamaSutra pose
KamaSutra
3Some KamaSutra pose @ Hoyasaleshwara temple, Hale Bidu
Kartik and the dwarpalaki @ Hoyasaleshwara temple, Hale Bidu
Ceiling carvings @ Hoyasaleshwara temple, Hale Bidu
Intricacy is not limited to the walls in Halebidu/Belur - Ceiling @ Hoyasaleshwara temple, Hale Bidu
Ceiling @ Hoyasaleshwara temple, Hale Bidu
Nandi @ Hoyasaleshwara temple, Hale Bidu
Vasanth and Kartik
KamaSutra poses @ Hoyasaleshwara temple, Hale Bidu
War @ Hoyasaleshwara temple, Hale Bidu
Side entrance @ Hoyasaleshwara temple, Hale Bidu
Intricate carvings in Chenna Kesave temple, Belur
Headless figures have witnessed almost 900 years in time
Some other Gods and Goddesses on the walls of Chenna kesave temple
Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati
Lord Brahma and Vishnu
Depictions of war on the temple carvings
War scene & the mutilations in due course of time
Notice the details?
War!
Now thats some intricate KamaSutra poses. Concept of threesomes in that time?
Thats another Kamasutra pose. Before the 'real game' begins!
Lord Ganesha
Shiv Parvati atop Nandi
A close look at the picture and you will see what kind of hard work has gone in the makings of these temples. Almost 100 years time it took to build these temples
I wish I was there in that time :D!
Pillars
Another angle
The mythology depicted
Kartik lost in history and Vasanth feeling the itch to click
Kya ray!! Kis kis ka photu kheenchu re!! Its too much re.. Memory full re.. battery down re... kya re
Black and white appeals more to me. Even though in these monuments there wasn't much difference between B&W and color.
Do not touch what?!
If you wanna know more about the Hoysaleswara temple - zoom in and go thru this
